This is a topic I have been thinking about quite a bit. here are my thoughts: Good and bad things happen to all people. When a good thing happens, you can reco

This is a topic I have been thinking about quite a bit. here are my thoughts: Good and bad things happen to all people. When a good thing happens, you can recognize the opportunity and seize it, or you can ignore it. The article mentions attributes this to attentiveness, and that is surely part of it. I also tend to attribute it to a mixture of intelligence and fortitude. If a person is a go-getter and is intelligent, he will make more out of fortunate situations than their counterparts. On the other hand, when bad things happen, "lucky" people tend not to fixate on them and work on forgetting them. If you agree with me at this point, the next part is just a numbers game. If you are the type of person who always takes the same route to work, always eats at the same restaurant, goes to the same part, and vacations in the same spots, your chances of anything (good or bad) happening to you are limited. If you do diversify, take new roads, discover new places, and meet new people, you increase the number of things happening. So in general, people who are positive, go-getters, and like to vary their routines and people they interact with will be considered luckier than the rest.